On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Joe Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is exactly what I was looking for (the second part at least). I will > try it soon. > > Thanks so much!! > > Joe > > José María Franco Fraiz wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You can do both things: >> >> If you have a wid screen and want 4:3 videos to be displayed filling up >> the >> screen you should put "monitoraspect=4:3" in your >> /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf, >> although I wouldn't recommend this. >> >> I would go for switching aspect ration at play time, binding some >> different >> aspect ratios to remote keys. This allows you to switch aspect ratio at >> will >> for the video you are playing. To do this put these lines in your >> local_conf.py: >> >> EVENTS['video']['4'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, >> arg='switch_ratio >> 1.33334') >> EVENTS['video']['5'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, >> arg='switch_ratio >> 1.5') >> EVENTS['video']['6'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, >> arg='switch_ratio >> 1.77778') >> >> 4, 5, 6 are the keys I use in my remote. You could use any other keys to >> suit your preferences. >> >> You can do about the same with VIDEO_SEND_XINE_CMD, but I don't remember >> the >> argument right now. >> >> Hope it helps. >> I'm pretty sure the xine command is a and A for forward and back cycling of aspect ratios. But don't quote me ;-).
Mike >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Joe Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I have not seen anything in the mplayer documentation about this and I >>> know it is not an issue with freevo, but I though someone here may have >>> encountered something like this and put together something. >>> >>> I have a LCD TV that has a native resolution of 1368x768. I have >>> changed >>> may settings in ~/.mplayer/config to see if I could get the results I >>> desire, but I do not think they exist (aspect, monitoraspect, fs, zoom). >>> I have also changed the autocrop feature on, but it totally messed up >>> some >>> video, so it will not work. >>> >>> Basically, I would like things that are 4x3 ratio to fill the screen, >>> but >>> anything else, to play normally (I want the black bars on top and >>> bottom, >>> but not on the sides). I am pretty sure there is no way to do this >>> on-the-fly in mplayer through freevo, and I am considering putting some >>> logic in the config of freevo that will check the CONF.width and >>> CONF.height of the video and determine the ratio to the results I >>> desire. >>> VLC will do this during video play by hitting the "A" key. If anyone >>> has >>> already accomplished such a thing, please let me know. Or if anyone is >>> interested in something similar and would like to collaborate that would >>> be nice as well. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >>> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >>> just about anything Open Source. >>> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freevo-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php_______________________________________________ >> Freevo-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
